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Coals to Newcastle? New York chain to open lobster-roll place in the Back Bay
By adamg on Wed, 06/24/2015 - 6:38pm
Luke's Lobster, which runs lobster-roll places in Manhattan and Brooklyn, is poised to open its first Boston outlet, at 77 Exeter St.
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to grant a food-serving license to the restaurant. The mayor's office and the office of at-large Councilor Ayanna Pressley supported the request. The Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay said it was not in opposition - which is as close as the association ever gets to actually supporting anything.
In response to a question from board Chairwoman Christine Pulgini about the need for a seafood place there, a Luke's manager said "there's not a lot of fresh seafood" in that area.
In addition to lobster rolls, Luke's also serves crab rolls, shrimp rolls and clam chowder - New England style, not that watery tomato soup that normally passes for chowder in New York.
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Comments
Will it be painted Benjamin
Will it be painted Benjamin Moore Green Monster Green? With symbolic noose that in Boston isn't racist because, hey, Sox fans?
They can use that green paint all that they want
If the chowder has one tomato in it, the Licensing Board will certainly call a hearing!
Seems like a chain
Seems like a chain.
I've never eaten at one so not sure how good it would be (or not)
But it seems like a chain capitalizing on clam shacks of Maine.. so wouldn't this be the "Red Lobster" of NYC?
and really?
Because walking a block to Legal's or one of the other places along boylston that serves seafood is too far. I'd love to think what a Luke's manager would say if they were in say, Colorado where their idea of fresh fish is Red Lobster.
idiom swag
that headline was on our 9th grade list of idioms. So thanks for keeping it alive (much to the chagrin of 9th graders everywhere)
It's a sad commentary on the
It's a sad commentary on the state of business in Boston when it takes a New Yorker to see the need for something and to capitalize on it. I know I can't be the only one who has to stop and think for minute when someone asks where they can get good new england seafood in Boston, and invariably before I have a chance to answer somebody else chimes in with "Legals !" Ugh.
Tony neighborhood
Oosh. BBJ reports the company is paying $100,000 per year to rent space at Avalon Exeter. It says it's only 1,278-square feet of space ... can that be the right size?
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/real_estate/2015/06/lukes-lobster-movi...